Heavy cast brass bracelet with large central disk and smaller disks/bosses and hemicycle patterns.

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Prestige Bracelet

Maker Kru Artist , Liberia?

Date20th century

Place of originAfrica

MediumBrass

Dimensions1 5/8 x 4 x 3 7/8 in. (4.1 x 10.2 x 9.8 cm)

ClassificationsClothing and accessories

Credit LineGift of Katheryne Loughran and John Loughran, President of Foundation for Cross Cultural Understanding

Object number2005.28.22

Collections

AFRICAN

Visual DescriptionHeavy cast brass bracelet with large central disk and smaller disks/bosses and hemicycle patterns.

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